NJ among slowest with food-stamp applications

11:50 AM,
Jul. 7, 2013

Written by

The Philadelphia Inquirer

New Jersey is one of the slowest states in the nation in getting food stamps to needy people.

Its performance is so poor, in fact, that the federal government is directing the state to improve, according to an examination of federal data by The Philadelphia Inquirer (http://bit.ly/14Vq3JI).

States are required by U.S. law to get food stamps to people within 30 days, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which administers the food-stamp program, now called SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). ...